Avocado 'Avozilla'

Persea americana 'Avozilla'

Avokado (Afr.)

1/2

Avozilla is a monster fruit with superb eating quality, a natural hybrid of the West Indian race of avocados and the Guatemalan. Currently commercially grown in South Africa and exported. Due to this being a newly developed cultivar there are no trees available yet in retail nurseries.

Planning

Difficulty

Moderate

Flowering time

Spring

Fruiting time

Summer, Winter, Spring

Harvesting

Fruit is climacteric, it matures on the tree and ripens off the tree, it is harvested while it is still hard, as it will ripen and soften once picked.

Propagation

Seed

Root seeds suspended over a container of water with base of the pit in the water, plant out when roots have developed, fruiting can take between 4 and 10 years with this method.

Cuttings

Best propagation method is by terminal or lateral grafting.

Special features

Pot plant

Often grown from the pit as a house plant, but will become large in time and need re-potting frequently.

Geography

Origin

South Africa, a Westfalia farmer found the feral mother-tree growing in the lush natural forest around Modjadjiskloof, Limpopo, in South Africa.